Rob Roy: The Highland Rogue (1953)
3.3 of 5 from 45 ratings
1h 21min
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- Synopsis:
The dying words of Lady Margaret MacGregor are a warning for her beloved son, Rob Roy (Richard Todd), to cease his warring ways and make peace with his enemies. Ay, Rob Roy MacGregor, leader of the rebellious MacGregor clan, learns the hard way the truth of his mother's words. The setting is Scotland in the early eighteenth century. England has just crowned King George (Eric Pohlmann), who is by birth a German. The Scottish people are bitterly disappointed that James Stuart, the son of the exiled King James II, was not crowned instead and they rise in rebellion. England's armies march into the Highlands crushing every uprising until only the small but stubborn band of MacGregor clansmen are still willing to keep the flicker of rebellion alive. The King's secretary of state for Scotland, the Duke of Argyll (James Robertson Justice), is sympathetic to Rob and all his fighting men, being a Highlander himself. But when the villainous Duke of Montrose (Michael Gough) discovers this weakness, he uses it against the Duke of Argyll to usurp his position. He then sets out to capture Rob Roy in the hopes of gaining favor with the new king. - Actors:
- Richard Todd, Glynis Johns, James Robertson Justice, Michael Gough, Finlay Currie, Jean Taylor Smith, Geoffrey Keen, Archie Duncan, Russell Waters, Marjorie Fielding, Eric Pohlmann, Ina De La Haye, Michael Goodliffe, Martin Boddey, Ewen Solon, James Sutherland, John McEnvoy, Ian MacNaughton, John Stevenson Lang, Charles Hubbard
- Directors:
- Harold French
- Producers:
- Perce Pearce
- Writers:
- Lawrence Edward Watkin, Sir Walter Scott
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Children & Family, Classics, Drama
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